Sisanda Magala

Sisanda Somila Bruce Magala (born 7 January 1991) is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in April 2021.^[1]

Sisanda Magala

Personal information
Full name	Sisanda Somila Bruce Magala
Born	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 34) Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa
ODI debut (cap 143)	26 November 2021 v Netherlands
Last ODI	2 April 2023 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 91)	10 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last T20I	26 March 2023 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010/11–2017/18	Eastern Province
2013/14–2019/20	Warriors
2018	Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2019/20	Border
2019	Cape Town Blitz
2020/21	Lions
2021/22–present	Gauteng
2023	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
2023	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 7 6 94 124 Runs scored 12 34 2,081 880 Batting average 4.00 34.00 19.44 14.19 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/9 0/2 Top score 5* 18* 79 78* Balls bowled 318 120 13,550 5,242 Wickets 14 6 275 189 Bowling average 23.92 37.66 28.91 26.83 5 wickets in innings 1 0 11 9 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 5/43 3/21 6/23 6/24 Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 56/– 25/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2023

Domestic career

Magala was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.^[2] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup, taking 12 wickets.^[3] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.^[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.^[5]

In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.^[6][7] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[8]

In April 2021, he was named in Gauteng's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.^[9] In May 2021, Magala was named in South Africa's squad for their tour of Ireland,^[10] but he was later ruled out of the matches due to an ankle injury.^[11]

International career

In January 2020, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.^[12] However, ahead of the ODI series, Magala was declared not to be fully fit, and was ruled out of South Africa's squad.^[13] However, the following month, Magala was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the matches against England.^[14] In March 2021, Magala was named in South Africa's limited overs squads for their series against Pakistan.^[15] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against Pakistan, on 10 April 2021.^[16]

In November 2021, he was named in South Africa's ODI squad for their series against the Netherlands.^[17] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for South Africa against the Netherlands.^[18] The following month, Magala was named in South Africa's Test squad for the series against India.^[19] He took his first international fiver - in any format - against the Netherlands at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg for a scorecard of 5-43. Magala was picked in South African 50-over squad for 2023 World Cup.^[20]